He is probably better known for his portrayal of the half-crazed high principal, Mr. Rooney, inside Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)''.

Around 2003, he was arrested for possession of child pornography and employing the 14-month-old son to pose for pornographic photographs. Jones pled there is no contest to the felony charges and was regulated to undergo counseling and register as a sex offender. Inside July 2004, he was arrested by Florida police after failing to notify them of his vary of home prn under Megan's Law. He has since been sued around civil court by the minor, world health organization is today an adult.

Jones previous appeared in the HBO series Deadwood as newspaperman The.W. Merrick. Since a arise of his legal condition, Jones has non done very much act around Hollywood.